Mysore & Coorg #2: Day 1 – Mysore sightseeing

Mysore is approx 185 Kms and 3.5 hrs drive from Bengaluru airport. The drive is smooth once you escape Bengaluru traffic.

The route has multiple outlets of Cafe Coffee Day and a local chain Adyar Ananda Bhavan AKA A2B, for short breaks. Adyar Ananda Bhavan serves North and South Indian veg. food. In the morning, they serve only South Indian breakfast. Prefer this for good food, ample parking space, children play area and relatively cleaner loo options.

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A cup of filter coffee and a humble dosa was just enough to keep us going.

Hotel Ruchi the Prince was our accommodation for the next 2 days. Post check-in formality, lunch and a couple of hours of rest, we were all set to explore Mysore.

Our first day’s itinerary included,

Mysore Palace

Mysore Sand and Sculpture Museum

Sri Chamundeshwari Temple

Mysore Palace:

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We started with the Mysore Palace to catch a glimpse of the lifestyle of maharajas. You can explore on your own or take an audio-visual guide to get more details of various points of interest inside the palace. Palace illumination on every Sunday and on all public holidays from 7 PM to 7:30 PM provides a good photo opportunity.

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Sri Chamundeshwari Temple:

Located on the top of Chamundi hills, Sri Chamudenshwari Temple is a place of worship of goddess Durga. There is also a statue of Mahisasur, from which Mysore has got its name.

Besides the temple, there is a place from where you can have a panoramic view of the city but the untrimmed plants obstruct the views. There is another spot around a KM down the temple which has much better, unobstructed views of the city.

Approx Time: 2 Hrs including an hour of to and fro travel. Time taken at temple relies on rush which is higher on Sundays, holidays and festive season.

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The evening was well spent with a candle light dinner at the sprawling lawns of the hotel. Garden with a nicely done landscape, flowing stream in between, ghazals on big projected screen combined with good North Indian fare was more than enough to retire for the day.

More than food, it is the ambiance that makes this place worth considering if you happen to be in Mysore.